Site Continuous Improvement Leader: Lean, Kaizen & Data-Driven

DuPont; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and benefits

DuPont career development

Job summary

DuPont seeks a Pencader Site Continuous Improvement Leader to drive sustainable performance improvements across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity. You will partner with site leadership, front-line teams, and Finance to deploy the OpEx framework and advance digital and Industry 4.0 opportunities.

You will coach leaders, facilitate Kaizen events, build capability, and ensure improvements become standard practice.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Business, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5–7 years of experience in manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, operations, Operational Excellence, or Continuous Improvement.
• Experience applying Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, or Continuous Improvement methodologies in manufacturing.
• Experience leading cross-functional improvement initiatives, Kaizen events, and/or structured problem solving.
• Ability to develop improvement roadmaps, project charters, implementation plans, and benefit-validation approaches.
• Experience using operational data to identify opportunities, solve problems, and measure results.
• Ability to coach, teach, facilitate, and build capability across different levels of an organization.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and drive change without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Identify performance gaps and establish improvement priorities aligned to SQDIP, productivity, margin, EBITDA, and operational maturity objectives.
• Develop and execute the site’s Operational Excellence roadmap in alignment with plant and business priorities.
• Deploy and sustain the DuPont Operational Excellence framework using established playbooks, management systems, roles, and routines.
• Translate business and plant priorities into actionable Continuous Improvement initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Serve as a change leader who helps embed Operational Excellence principles into the way the plant operates.
• Coach leaders and teams in Daily Visual Management, tiered accountability, Bowler processes, Leader Standard Work, action tracking, and escalation routines.

Skills

Lean / CI mindset

Change leadership

Data-driven problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Coaching / training

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering / operations / SC / manufacturing / business / IT

Job description

DuPont seeks a Pencader Site Continuous Improvement Leader to drive sustainable performance improvements across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity. You will partner with site leadership, front-line teams, and Finance to deploy the OpEx framework and advance digital and Industry 4.0 opportunities.

You will coach leaders, facilitate Kaizen events, build capability, and ensure improvements become standard practice.